Appendix B. Install Options
From the boot screen, you may change the default installer settings and boot options. When necessary, you may add appropriate boot options in the "boot options" field at the bottom of this screen. This may be useful if you have problems with the normal installation procedures.
When you boot from the Install CD, the following boot screen is displayed.
Choose the desired mode from the boot menu and input boot options as necessary. If you specify multiple boot options, you will need to separate them with spaces.
- Boot menu
Table B-1. Boot menu
install This will start the GUI installer. install_acpi This forces ACPI to be enabled. By default, ACPI is turned off in Turbolinux 10 Server. This option is required when using hardware which is unable to start with ACPI disabled. resolution This shows a dialog specifying the display resolution the installer should use. You should specify this if you require a special graphical resolution, such as those commonly found on displays with wide aspect ratios. vesa This starts in VESA mode. It sometimes becomes necessary to specify VESA if you have a video card that is not supported by XFree86. text This starts the text based installer and makes it possible to install the product without the X Window System and/or without a mouse. Rescue System This is often helpful if you run into problems after installation. It allows you to start a shell on your machine without having to boot from your hard disk. From there you can then attempt to recover from whatever failure brought you to an unbootable state. inst_usesmp If you have an SMP system and select the appropriate entry at boot time, an SMP kernel will be used and the installation should proceed more quickly. The standard graphical installer will be used. See below for using SMP with the text-based installation option. text_usesmp If you have an SMP system and select the appropriate entry at boot time, an SMP kernel will be used and the installation should proceed more quickly. The text-based installer will be used. See above for using SMP with the graphical installation option.
You will see the following boot screen when booting the install disk.
You may input the kernel name (henceforth, "boot label") after the "boot: " prompt displays. You may also add any necessary boot options after entering the boot label. If you would like to specify multiple boot options, you should separate them with spaces. If you do not provide a unique boot label, the installer will use the default label. However, if you need to specify boot options, a boot label is required. Listed below are the available boot labels and the most commonly used boot options.
boot: install vesa nousb |
- Boot label
- Boot option
Table B-3. Boot option
lowres This specifies a 640x480 display resolution for the installer. vga16 This starts the VGA mode for the installer when using the X Window system. vesa This starts the VESA mode for the installer when using the X Window system. This is equivalent to choosing vesa at the boot menu. xres This shows the dialog to specify which display resolution the installer should use. You should use this when you need to use a special resolution such as a wide aspect-ratio display. This is equivalent to selecting a resolution in the boot menu. acpi=on This forces ACPI to be enabled. By default, ACPI is turned off in Turbolinux 10 Server. This option is required when using hardware which is unable to start with ACPI disabled. This is equivalent to choosing install_acpi in the boot menu. force_psaux This should be used if the installer fails to detect an existing PS/2 mouse. nopcmcia This disables the PCMCIA bus. This should be used if the installer fails during PCMCIA device detection. nousb This disables the USB device. This should be used if the installer fails while detecting USB devices. no1394 This disables IEEE 1394 devices. This should be used if the installer fails during detection of IEEE 1394 devices. noprobe This option prevents automatic hardware detection and causes the display of a dialog allowing the selection of drivers. pci=bios This causes information for PCI devices to be retrieved from the BIOS. You should specify this option when the installer fails to detect PCI devices automatically and asks for a driver disk. driverdisk This is used for driver disks. ftp This is used when you install from an FTP server or the local hard disk. rescue This starts the system in rescue mode and is equivalent to choosing "Rescue System" at the boot menu.